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That fire in the southland as well and is this one here in geyersville continued to burn out of control. on top of all that, of another major wind event is in the forecast for this weekend, prompting another force blackouts, but the third one this month. people don't like it but them and these red flag conditions, with low humidity, high temperatures and of course a very strong winds, pg&e says pulling the plug is a necessary fire prevention tool. >> dana: claudia cowan, be safe. thank you. coming up, watch this. >> she might as well run. >> the most reasonable person in the democratic party. ...

Time this month. pacific gas & electric says pulling the plug reduces the risk of wildfires started by the company's equipment. the black-outs began yesterday afternoon in the sierra nevada foothills. moved south to the bay area. in all pg&e cut power to parts of 17 counties affecting 450,000 people in fire prone areas can including geyserville. fires still happen and now this fire has scorched 15 square miles. forecasters say the winds should start dying down later in afternoon. pg&e hopes to restore power within 48 hours. you can here the sirens and see the entire town now evacuating. anothe...

Placed strategically out in the field in order to determine and recommend an all-clear so that our crews can begin to restore power for northern california. across the south it does look like the winds are going to taper off friday from about 10:00 to noon. that's had we expect to issue the all-clear, about noon on friday. looking ahead, unfortunately, for all of us we do appear to be stuck in a weather pattern that is conducive to these offshore wind patterns. and we are looking at and continuing to monitor a second period of offshore winds that may impact northern california saturday night t...

Predictive services across vast portions of northern california and into southern california. so this wind event does look like it's a california-wide phenomenon. this is expected to transition across the south, half of the state later tonight thursday into friday. ou utility to the south, so cal edison, according to their website, is considering a psps event for about 300,000 customers as well. so it is a california-wide phnomenon and a risk of significant fires across vast portions of california. the northern california event that we are heading into is expected to peak overnight tonight. we...

On after the wind event is over, sometime midday tomorrow, they don't just flip a switch and turn the power back on, they have to go out and physically inspect all of those lines to make sure >> if a limb has come down on one of those lines, they ve clear that, make sure everything is okay. they started turning off power in the sierra foothills around 2:00 this afternoon. places like the peninsula, they could be impacted. overnight stly. but as you said, it takes time to get it back up and running. they can't just turn it back on. we could have another wind event, possibly over the weekend. >>...